Pricing outfit.



F. G. SHUMAN..

PRICING OUTFIT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. I917.

' 1,261,447. Patgnt'ed Apr. 2,1918.

Witnesses Inventor Attorneys PRICING OUTFIT.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patented Apr. 2, 1918'.

Application filed February 14, 1917. Serial No. 148,658.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. SHUMAN, a citizen of the United States,residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Pricing Outfit, of which the following is aspecification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that customers in a store aresomewhat loth to inquire as to the prices of merchandise, particularlyin the case of articles which sell for a few cents. the fact that aninquiry as to price consumes time and, further, arises out of the factthat purchasers frequently desire to avoid the appearance of parsimony.The presentinvention aims to provide a novel means whereby the prices ofarticles may be dis- This reluctance is due to ment and shelf grip,preferably but not necessarily made of metal, and including a frontplate 2 having a rectangular top 3 and prov1ded at i s lower edge withan upward y and rearwardly inclined gripping flange 4 terminating in 9.depending lip 5. The 11p 5 constitutes a means for manipulating thegripping flange 4, which is resilient, d It Wil be understood, when Fig.2 is inspected, t at the forward edge of the shelf 1 may be boundbetween the top 3 and the gripping flange 4, the combined displayelement and shelf grip thus being held detachably on the shelf 1.

0n the forward face of the front plate 2 may be placed labels indicatingthe price of the merchandise to be dispensed, these labels preferablybeing gummed, so that they can played prominently, and to provide anovel be moistened and attached to the front plate means whereby thelabels which indicate the 2. In carrying out the invention there isdifferent prices may be held on a shelf or provided any desired numberof labels, of like support. the kind designated by the reference nu- Thedevice herein disclosed aims to premeral 6 in Fig. 4, and carrying anumeral. vent, through a prominent display of the Any desired number oflabels 7 may be proprices or articles, undercharging, overchargvided,the labels 7 carrying the word for ing, knocking down, and other evilsattendand a markin indicating value, such, for ant upon the conduct of abusiness in which instance, aS the 10 indication shown in the prices ofarticles are not displayed Fig. 5. The labels 6 and 7 may be placed onprominently before the purchaser. the front plate 2, as shown in Fig. 1,and so With the above and other objects in view then it will be evidentto a purchaser that which will appear as the description prothreearticles are sold for ten cents. ceeds, the invention resides in thecombina- There may be provided a label such as intion and arrangement ofparts and in the dicated in Fig. 6,the same bearing a numeral details ofconstruction hereinafter described and a cent sign. The label 6 shown inFig. and claimed, it being understood that 4 may be pasted on the label8 and the label changes in the precise embodiment of the 8 may be pastedon the front plate 2 thus to invention herein disclosed canbe madewithindicate, for instance, that the price of an in the scope of what isclaimed, without dearticle is thirty-four cents. parting from the spiritof the invention. In Fig. 7 there is shown a label 9 having a in theaccompanying drawings zero mark 10, a cent sign 11 and a blank 12 Figure1 shows a device constructed in below the cent sign 11. In Fig. 8 thereapaccordance with the present invention, appears a label 1.4 marked Doz.The label plied to the forward edge of a shelf; 14: may be pasted ontothe label 9 in the Fig. 2 isa section taken on the line 2-2 blank space12, and such a label as the label of Fig. l; 6 may be pasted on thelabel 9 in advance Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the combined of thezero mark 10, thus indicating, for indisplay element and shelf gripshown in stance, that certain articles are sold at the place in Fig. 1;and rate of thirty-four cents a dozen.

Figs. 4:, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are lan views show- The labels above describedare illustrative ing different kinds of labe s which may be of the manykinds of labels which can be used in connection with the display elementused in connection with the combined disand shelf grip. play element andshelf grip shown in place In the accompanying drawings, the nuin Figs. 1and 2. meral 1 denotes a support, such as a shelf. Having thus describedthe invention, what With the forward edge of the shelf 1 is deis claimedis tachably assembled a combined display ele- A combined tagcarrier andshelfgrip consisting solely of a rectangular strip having a common Widthfrom end to end, and including, in a one-piece four-edged structure, aflat front plate of sufiicient width to receive a label, a flatimperforate top connected with the upper edge of the front late anddisposed at right angles to the iront plate, a flat imperfiorategripping flange eonnected with the lower edge of the front 10 plate andextended upwardly at an acute meme? in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK G. S'HAN.

Witnesses;

EDWARD VANA, EDWARD U. LONG.

